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Program CDs do not autoplay
An interesting puzzle....When i insert Audio CDs into the
CD-ROM or CD-RW (have 2 CD drives)it plays automatically. However, if I inset a program CD (eg. game CD) it does not auto play - even though these particular CDs used to do this until very recently. Both CD drives have 'auto insert notification' checked & 'disconnect' checked via Device Manager (I assume they are SCSI devices). I have reset these & restarted but no change. My only clue is that my daughter has been playing around with various media players and something may have been altered. I have checked that Windows Media Player (9) is the default player for all media files, but as I have mentioned the glitch now only seems to be with program CDs. A possibility is a reg edit ...perhaps ???? Anyone with any ideas? Many thanks. Lindsay |
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Program CDs do not autoplay
When the CDRom does not start automatically, try these things in the order
listed: Go to control panel, system, device manager, double click CDRom, double click your CDRom, settings tab and make sure the auto insert box is marked. If you have Tweak UI installed, go to the Paranoia tab and make sure the CDRom entries are marked. Open the registry editor (regedit.exe) to this key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies\Explore r In the right hand pane is an entry: NoDriveTypeAutoRun. If the value for this entry is not the same as the following, right click the entry and modify it: 95 00 00 00 Look at the information in this article and if appropriate, reverse the things which are described that disable autorun: How to Disable the Feature That Allows CD-ROMs and Audio CDs to 126025 http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=126025 -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "Lindsay" wrote in message ... An interesting puzzle....When i insert Audio CDs into the CD-ROM or CD-RW (have 2 CD drives)it plays automatically. However, if I inset a program CD (eg. game CD) it does not auto play - even though these particular CDs used to do this until very recently. Both CD drives have 'auto insert notification' checked & 'disconnect' checked via Device Manager (I assume they are SCSI devices). I have reset these & restarted but no change. My only clue is that my daughter has been playing around with various media players and something may have been altered. I have checked that Windows Media Player (9) is the default player for all media files, but as I have mentioned the glitch now only seems to be with program CDs. A possibility is a reg edit ...perhaps ???? Anyone with any ideas? Many thanks. Lindsay |
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Program CDs do not autoplay
-----Original Message----- When the CDRom does not start automatically, try these things in the order listed: Go to control panel, system, device manager, double click CDRom, double click your CDRom, settings tab and make sure the auto insert box is marked. If you have Tweak UI installed, go to the Paranoia tab and make sure the CDRom entries are marked. Open the registry editor (regedit.exe) to this key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersio n\Policies\Explore r In the right hand pane is an entry: NoDriveTypeAutoRun. If the value for this entry is not the same as the following, right click the entry and modify it: 95 00 00 00 Look at the information in this article and if appropriate, reverse the things which are described that disable autorun: How to Disable the Feature That Allows CD-ROMs and Audio CDs to 126025 http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=126025 -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo Ron, Many thanks. I have already been through the procedure for checking the 'auto insert' via Device Manger. That is done. I do not have Tweak UI installed. Which leaves the registry...perhaps something is changed there. I checked the other day & I believe the values are 00 00 00 00 NOT 95 00 00 00. I was hesitant to alter that withput being sure. Will try that tonight when I get home. The 'dosconnect' check box is not an issue? cheers Lindsay |
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Program CDs do not autoplay
I realized that you checked the first thing I recommended; however, I
provided a canned response and I figured you would just skip over it. Check that registry entry and change it if necessary. You can also download Tweak just to make sure those settings are correct: Tweak UI is available from: http://www.microsoft.com/NTWorkstati.../NTTweakUI.asp Right-click the TweakUI.inf file and select install. Should a notice appear saying a disk is required, click OK and another screen appears. Click browse, go to the folder containing Tweak, OK and OK. -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo wrote in message ... -----Original Message----- When the CDRom does not start automatically, try these things in the order listed: Go to control panel, system, device manager, double click CDRom, double click your CDRom, settings tab and make sure the auto insert box is marked. If you have Tweak UI installed, go to the Paranoia tab and make sure the CDRom entries are marked. Open the registry editor (regedit.exe) to this key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersio n\Policies\Explore r In the right hand pane is an entry: NoDriveTypeAutoRun. If the value for this entry is not the same as the following, right click the entry and modify it: 95 00 00 00 Look at the information in this article and if appropriate, reverse the things which are described that disable autorun: How to Disable the Feature That Allows CD-ROMs and Audio CDs to 126025 http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=126025 -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo Ron, Many thanks. I have already been through the procedure for checking the 'auto insert' via Device Manger. That is done. I do not have Tweak UI installed. Which leaves the registry...perhaps something is changed there. I checked the other day & I believe the values are 00 00 00 00 NOT 95 00 00 00. I was hesitant to alter that withput being sure. Will try that tonight when I get home. The 'dosconnect' check box is not an issue? cheers Lindsay |
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Program CDs do not autoplay
-----Original Message----- I realized that you checked the first thing I recommended; however, I provided a canned response and I figured you would just skip over it. Check that registry entry and change it if necessary. You can also download Tweak just to make sure those settings are correct: Tweak UI is available from: http://www.microsoft.com/NTWorkstati...oads/PowerToys /Networking/NTTweakUI.asp Right-click the TweakUI.inf file and select install. Should a notice appear saying a disk is required, click OK and another screen appears. Click browse, go to the folder containing Tweak, OK and OK. -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo Thanks Ron. I'll try it tonight (our time) |
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Program CDs do not autoplay
Ron,
many thanks ...edited reg & problem now solved |
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